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Newell´s Old Boys

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Newell´s Old Boys will be looking for an improved result here after the 1-0 Superliga losing effort in their last game against Rosario Central.

In that game, Newell´s Old Boys had 50% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Rosario Central got 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Facundo Mallo (83') scored for Rosario Central.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Newell´s Old Boys have been involved. Breaking down the goal split during this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 8 and Newell´s Old Boys managed a tally of 3.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Newell´s Old Boys:

• are unbeaten in the league by Racing Club in their previous 2 matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

Racing Club

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Racing Club head into the match following on from a 0-2 Copa Sudamericana win in the defeat of Huachipato in their most recent game.

For Racing Club, the goalscorers were Adrián Martínez (32') and Juan Quintero (89').

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Racing Club has become apparent recently. A glance at their last 6 meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 5 and Racing Club have scored 5. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this game, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Racing Club:

• have not won against Newell´s Old Boys when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. Not the best of away records.
• remain undefeated by Newell´s Old Boys in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 15/08/2021 tells us that Newell´s Old Boys have won 1 of these and Racing Club 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

In all, 10 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 2 for La Lepra and 8 belonging to La Academia. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Copa de la Liga Profesional match day 5 on 13/02/2024 when it finished Newell´s Old Boys 0-4 Racing Club.

That day, Newell´s Old Boys managed 53% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Racing Club got 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Facundo Mura (26'), Adrián Martínez (45', 57') and Bruno Zuculini (47') scored.

The referee was Pablo Echavarría.

📋 Team News: Newell´s Old Boys

It’s our opinion that La Lepra should use a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring Ramiro Macagno, Augusto Schott, Gustavo Velázquez, Saúl Salcedo, Leonel Vangioni, Rodrigo Fernández, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Francisco Gonzalez, Gabriel Carabajal, Lucas Besozzi and Ignacio Ramírez.

🗞️ Team News: Racing Club

Racing Club manager Gustavo Costas has to currently contend with reduced team options. Agustín García Basso (Bone edema) and Juan Ignacio Nardoni (ankle sprain) will not be playing here.

We believe La Academia appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, starting Gabriel Arias, Marco Di Cesare, Nazareno Colombo, Germán Conti, Gastón Martirena, Martín Barrios, Bruno Zuculini, Gabriel Rojas, Santiago Solari, Roger Martinez and Juan Quintero.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Newell´s Old Boys will need to apply a lot of pressure to find the net against this Racing Club outfit who we think might get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Racing Club when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:49 16/08/2024